We had high confidence in the judgment that the Russians clearly were trying to undermine our democracy and discredit us broadly.

One of the most important things I think we can do is kind of be the partner of choice as other nations are looking to build capacity.

I sometimes think that is a little bit of not really a military calculation but kind of more of a political one.

I think one of the best parts of our DOD budget... is the training work that we do with other nations.

Ultimately, this is about the budget.

The chair and ranking on this committee have been so eloquent really since I got here to the Senate about the foolishness of the sequester.

If we are not wise in those investments, we are going to continue to have this challenge of drugs flowing south to north.

If these distribution networks can bring drugs here, they could bring human trafficking. They could potentially get people in the United States, terrorists in the United States. They could bring weapons of mass destruction, biological…

I applaud the direction signed into law in the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act and remain committed to the elevation of U.S. Cyber Command to a unified command as soon as possible.

This is a consensus set of recommendations that you have delivered to the administration.

We are on track to achieve New START limits of 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 deployed delivery systems by February 2018.

Russia attacked the United States. Putin meddled with American democracy.

This bill would sanction anyone who interferes in an American election from overseas.

It is very remarkable to me that rather than dealing with the very real, very immediate threat of Putin's aggression, the administration is instead taking aim at our intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

A 9/11-style commission, along with a special prosecutor appointed by the Justice Department, is the only way to stop the drip, drip, drip of information.

I would ask my colleagues on both sides to join in demanding an independent commission and a special prosecutor to do the job that the Attorney General is unable to do.

The American people must be able to trust their government. And until there is a full investigation into the Trump campaign, the Trump White House, and the Kremlin, and until we see the President's tax return to fully understand the extent…

I would ask every member of this committee, from both sides of the aisle, to join in calling for a bipartisan investigation to answer the questions the American people have about the health of our own democracy.